N.Ireland
The cold spell in the past few weeks has acted as a reminder that now is a good time to...
Dairy
The calving season is only a matter of weeks away and the risk of milk fever (hypocalcemia) and other metabolic...
January is an important time to assess remaining winter feed stocks, and particularly following the year we had, which proved...
It can be argued that lameness is one of the main animal health and welfare issues on dairy farms, so...
As cows will be calving thick and fast in the coming weeks, carrying out a Californian milk test (CMT) will...
Now that we have entered 2025 and the Christmas period is beyond us, farmers will be thinking about the upcoming...
The year is almost behind us, and before the spring calving season gets underway, farmers should develop a herd health...
As the Christmas period continues on, it is important to be critiquing your dry cow management and ensuring cows are...
Agriland visited the cellars of the Fort Saint-Antoine, Fromageries Marcel Petite where 100,000 wheels of Comté cheese are stored and...
As the Christmas period begins, Agriland has decided to revisit some of the most popular and interesting Dairy Focus articles from 2024,...
We are nearing the end of December, meaning it won’t be long until the calving season kicks off all over...
There is no doubt that 2024 proved to be a challenging year for farmers, and so farmers should be analysing...
Familiarising heifers with the milking facilities and getting them parlour trained is the final piece of the puzzle for getting...
Calving down and heifer mastitis, or in some scenarios, having a blind quarter, can be a massive issue on farms....
The 38th edition of the Black & White sale held at the Borderway Sale Centre attracted a massive crowd of dairy...
For many spring calving herds, the majority of the herd has been dried off by now. It is important that...
As we are now in the month of December, many cows around the country are dried off at this point...
This week’s Dairy Focus takes us to another farm in France where the farmer focuses on achieving a high protein...
